Greenwich Village, 11th Street Between Sixth and Fifth Avenues; Fifth Avenue Between 11th and 12th Streets

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Here's the destination: First Presbyterian Church.



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And a couple more photos of Tree Gems.

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Greenwich Village, 11th Street Between Sixth and Fifth Avenues

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This could be a painting by Morandi if he did streets.

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Greenwich Village, 11th Street Between Sixth and Fifth Avenues

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The New School, (main entrance on 12th Street). The most interesting thing I read about it was that it was founded in 1919, at least in part, as a result of Columbia's joining in the national paranoia and fear during and after World War I. One of the founders was Charles Beard who resigned from Columbia in protest of its firing of a noted professor, James McKeen Cattell, for his opposition to military conscription.

Ninety years old now. Can we still call it New?

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Greenwich Village, 11th Street at Sixth Avenue

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French Roast gets mixed reviews. That's because sometimes it's good and sometimes it's mediocre. Sometimes the servers are nice and sometimes they are rude. You takes your chances. However, it is definitely useful, being open at all times. Barbara, Thea, and I had lunch here the day I came down to "help." Well, I did help some. We enjoyed our lunch, as I recall.

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West Village, 11th Street Between Seventh and Sixth Avenues

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Spring! Doesn't this remind you of a field of daffodils?



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This is Greenwich Village School, grades K-5.

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West Village, 11th Street Between Seventh and Sixth Avenues

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Back to 11th Street. This section of St. Vincent's Hospital was completed in 1930 and, if the eye can be trusted, is the oldest of this group of buildings. I looked and looked and couldn't find out what happened between the little brick house on 13th Street in 1849 and this 1930 building. If this were the St. Vincent's Hospital Blog or even the 11th Street Blog, I wouldn't give up, but it's not, so I give up.

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West Village, 11th Street Between Seventh and Sixth Avenues

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Okay, enough fooling around, time to walk.

Elephant & Castle has been around for a long, long time, since 1973. I checked out the menu in the window and it sounded good and tempting, but I dunno. I've always been so annoyed with its name that I just wouldn't go there. Oh, grow up, I say to them. Elephant & Castle indeed. Is Babar one of your regulars?

Obviously, this is my problem, not theirs, as they've been here a long, long time.


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West Village, 11th Street Between Seventh and Sixth Avenues

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OH, THANK GOODNESS!

We have a new photowalk.


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I skipped ahead to give this unmistakeably NOW shot. Tree in full leaf.

I went downtown today to catch Barbara Lubliner's and Thea Lanzisero's Tree Gems, an installation in the garden of The First Presbyterian Church. Now, come to think of it, it'll only be there a few more days, through this Sunday, May 17, so I better jump ahead to show you a shot of it, so you can decide if you want to run down and see it while you can. Whew. That was a long sentence.



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Those are plastic bottles atop lashed bamboo. They have solar power things (?) on them so if they catch enough sun during the day, they'll glow at night.

Tomorrow I'll begin at the beginning.

Alphabet City, 11th Street Between Avenues B and A

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Here we are, as promised at Luka's first apartment house in New York. Possibly the most boring building of the entire blog. She went on to better things.




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Right next door is the unused former Public Bath, bringing a little architectural class to the block. But how about a little color?



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Okay, here's some. This is AAA Glass Plus. When I enlarged this photo, look what I found.

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